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>> eric: it's not thanksgiving and the first major storm of the winters season has already hit. across the twin cities, hard. crews in minnesota out in full force, this sunday, trying to clean up the roads there. some areas, had more than a foot of snow and 60,000 people were left without power and the storm affected air travel, as dozens of flights were delayed. or cancelled. ♪ >> jamie: more "sunday house call" for you, we know vegetables are good for us but did you know your brain can benefit as much as your waistline? doc, tell us about it, beets? >> you know, most people are so worried about getting
morning. thank you. >> eric: doctor, thanks as always. always. ♪ captioned by closed captioning services, inc >> eric: well, it's move-in day. members of the congressional freshman class, dozens of newly elected members of congress arriving in washington right now to learn the ropes. good morning. i'm eric shawn joined by jamie colby. welcome to a new hour of america's news headquarters. well, the newly elected lawmakers ready to make history, less than two weeks after their election victories. >> jamie: there is already a battle brewing over loyalty between some republicans and some members of the tea party. in fact, today, there's literally a competition over the new members of congress. malini wilkes is joining us live outside the capitol hill club in washington, where one of the meetings today is taking place. molly, tell us what is going on at your location. >> reporter: well, jamie, first of all, this is freshmen orientation week for all incoming freshmen, democrats
must reduce its military operations there. including night operations, raiding private homes, he says to reduce the visibility and intensity of our military effort. does this help or hurt our effort. joining us as he always does on sundays at this time, a former ambassador to the united nations and a fox news contributor, john bolton. >> good morning. >> eric: has the taliban been whispering in karzai's ear or does he have a point. >> it certainly sounds like it. if you ask the taliban what formula they would like to see to enhance their prospects of hanging on against u.s. and nato forces, that would pretty much be it. i find this very disturbing and i think probably ties into president karzai's efforts to negotiate with the taliban. which i think will under cut the military efforts. so, as part of that pattern i would be worried about this. >> eric: the president said there were one or two high-level
constituencies, and, trying to move the caucus together as a whole. >> jamie: sam, good to have you on, i appreciate you being here. >> thank you. >> jamie: have a great day. >> you, too. >> jamie: eric? >> eric: a "fox news alert" for you now, the u.s. military just releasing a new taliban training and recruiting video. what is different in this new video the production values seem to be higher, and the man you see on the lower left of the screen there, talking, is calling for a funding from the gulf states an asia. a first. and, the military says, parts of the video actually show an 8-year-old -- 8th grade boy, who is in 8th grade, supposedly being used as a homicide bomber. we'll have much more on this tape, what it means, and a live report, from afghanistan, just ahead. also in afghanistan the country's president issuing critical words for the u.s. military. hamid karzai saying the u.s.
>> eric: for the younger generation, legacy of world war ii is what they see in the movies. now online museum is gathering the story of veterans from world war ii to the present so we don't forget. elizabeth prann is live from atlanta with the latest. hi, elizabeth. what is this about? >> reporter: hard to believe but a world war ii vet dies every 90 seconds, which is why there is a push to preserve the stories while we can. one atlanta man is using technology to do justthat. take a look. six decades passed since bob dropped out of college to defend our country. >> we were all just a bunch of kids fighting in europe and likewise, the germans for the same way. >> one of more than 16 million americans who fought in world war ii between 1941 and 1945. more than 400,000 never came home. >> one of those might have been able to cure cancer.
bipartisan is the key to the next congress. >> eric: talk about bipartisan, but we don't hear, we hear talk about that, but we don't see a lot of it or any. >> we have to see it from the president. we've got to see it from the senate. the democrats still control two important aspects of government. the senate and the presidency. yes, we control the house. but it takes two to tango now, and if the president is smart, he would reach out his hands and we'll reach out ours in a compromise to get the economy back to work. >> eric: dick, do you think you will see the president reach out his hands and the republicans reach out theirs? >> i think the president reached out his hand and pulled back enough on most occasions. what i find fascinating about the story, about the party this morning is all of a sudden the tea party folks are coming to washington and instead of drinking tea, they're having cappuccinos and beignets at the parties. democrats and republicans drink from the same cup. brad will agree with me.
life. >> eric: that is where we listen to his advice, and, first topic this morning, has to do with smoking. do you still smoke? or just recently quit? the doc has advice to get a ct lung scan. doctor, why get that, and especially if you quit. >> it is very important. a few weeks ago a saw a patient of mine who had been a heavy smoker years ago, and he hadn't smoked in ten years. but, prior to that, he smoked two packs a day. all his chest x-rays had always been normal and i persuaded him to go for a ct scan of the lung. that showed a small, early cancer. we operated on it, we saved his life. now, there is a new study out that people who are smokers or who have been heavy smokers any time in the past, should have a
prednizone inhalers to prevent acute attacks. my advice is, use these inhalers for the acute attack but do not use them to prevent attacks. the reason is their chronic use increases the risk that you will develop diabetes. and if you have diabetes already, the use of these prednizone inhalers will worsen the diabetes. so, use them, for the acute attack and not in between. >> jamie: thank you, doctor. there is more ahead, because, tomorrow's monday and dr. rosenfeld always has your healthy monday tip. you want to stick around for this one. >> eric: and freshman orientation begins as new members of congress arrive in d.c. what is first on their agenda? they are showing up, ready to learn, ready to meet each other, we'll have the latest in a live report, just ahead. let's get chinese.
i wonder who the 17% is who approves this? they must be drinking something stronger than tea. >> eric: the tea party folks, though, they say they were elect and they know why they're elected and they will drink the tea. not the double lattes. >> that's what they said before they got there. brad and i have been around long enough to see what happens when they do get there. what has got to happen is folks have to wake up and understand in washington that the rest of us out here are hurting economically. we've got to do something about getting our economy together. this is going to have to be bipartisan. i have don't think the president or the republican house or the democratic senate ought to wake up this morning thinking they have a mandate to do anything except get people back to work. and the president has talked about the compromising on extenting the bush tax cut cans. he has talked about compromising a number of different places. the question is going to be whether the republican party has decided this is about the 2012 election or getting things done and moving
screening lung scan. that is much more accurate and much more important than a regular x-ray. a regular x-ray is not enough. the latest data show that if these former smokers and current smokers have these lung scans the risk of dying from lung cancer is reduced by 20%. so, don't wait to do it, do it now. >> eric: doctor, very important, ct lung scan, thank you. >> jamie: a lot of people want to know about the vitamin e supplements and many of you may be taking it to prevent heart disease, there is a risk, though, believe or it not, vitamin e? a risk? >> for years, americans love vitamins. they are more interested in vitamins than they are on their diet and a vitamin is a quick fix, b, e, c, doesn't matter what you eat. now, vitamin e has always been a